Cork-puller



(No Model) F. L. JOHNSON.

CORK FULLER.

No. 600,424. Patented Mar. 8, 1898.

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FRANKLIN L. JOHNSON, OF VALLEY SPRINGS, CALIFORNIA.

CORK-PULLER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 600,424, dated March 8,1898.

Application filed October 28, 1897. Serial N0. 656,657. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANKLIN L. JOHNSON, a citizen of the United States,residing at Valley Springs, in the county of Calaveras and State ofCalifornia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inCork-Pullers; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear,and exact description of the invention, such as will enable othersskilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to improvements in cork-pullers, its object beingto provide a simple, durable, inexpensive, and efficient tool forextracting corks from bottles and analogous liquid-receptacles.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of myimproved corkpuller; Fig. 2, a vertical longitudinal section thereof;Fig. 3, a cross-section of the same, and Fig. 4: a perspective viewshowing a modified form of cork-puller.

The cork-puller comprises a comparatively broad, approximatelyspoon-shaped blade 1, formed at one side with a recess or concavity 2and having its opposite side rounded or convex-shaped, the blade thusbeing concavoconvex in cross-section for the greater portion of itslength. The side edges 2 of the blade are broad and blunt to preventcutting or bruising of the cork and converge at the lower end of theblade and form a wedging or entering point extremity 3, and the concavedside or face of said blade is beveled off, as at 4:, from the tip of thepoint upwardly to and beyond the lower edge of the concavity, therebyforming a guiding-groove 5.

A handle 6 is fitted on the upper end of the shank 7 of the blade. Thishandle may be made rigid or detachable or adapted to fold in order thatthe cork-puller may be conveniently carried in the pocket.

The operation is as follows: The wedging or entering point of the bladeis inserted between the bottle-neck and cork, with its concaved sidefacing the latter and pushed down until the shoulder 5 has been forcedbelow the cork. During this operation the cork first yields or gives andthen expands into the concavity 2, While the side edges of the bladepress on diametrically opposite sides thereof. The cork is thus grippedfirmly and may be readily and conveniently withdrawn by the tool bygiving it an upward and lateral movement to the right or left.

In the modification shown in Fig. 4 the blade is formed with an inclinedlug or shoulder 8, which is adapted to engage the lower end of the corkin extracting, as Will be readily understood.

It will thus be seen that I have provided a cork-puller which is simplein construction and that by its use corks may be Withdrawn with facilityand without the necessity of puncturing or otherwise mutilating thesame.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new anduseful, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A cork-puller,comprising a spoon-shaped blade formed with a convexedouter side, and a concaved inner side having broad blunt side edgesconverging to areduced shank at its upper end and a wedging-point at itslower end, the said wedging-point being beveled from its tip to the edgeof the concavity, and a handle attached to said shank, substantially asdescribed.

2. A cork-puller,comprising a spoon-shaped blade formed with a convexedouter side and a concaved inner side having broad, blunt side edgesconverging to a reduced shank at its upper end and a wedging-point atits lower end, the said wedging-point being beveled from its tip to theedge of the concavity and lying wholly within the plane of said sideedges, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

FRANKLIN L. JOHNSON.

Witnesses:

J AMES Q. CLARK, J. F. PAULK.

